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watercloset

watercloset is the alternative form of water closet.

Meaning of water closet

Noun

water closet (plural water closets)

  1. (Europe) A room containing a flush toilet.
  2. (UK) A flush toilet itself.
    Synonyms:
    big white telephone, bog, can, commode, crapper, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny, head, highway to hell
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, closet.

Forms of watercloset

pluralwaterclosets

Origin of watercloset

From water + closet.

Questions about watercloset

What is watercloset the alternative form of?
Watercloset is the alternative form of water closet.

Words near watercloset in the dictionary

  1. watercise
  2. watercleft
  3. waterclefts
  4. waterclock
  5. waterclocks
  6. watercloset
  7. waterclosets
  8. watercoaster
  9. watercoasters
  10. watercock
  11. watercocks

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